50MHz - 6m  

Let's see how the band is doing at the moment:

50MHz Aurora: Status

For global plots of 6m QSO's that is updated every three minutes, take a look at dxers.info

Hints & Tips

Sporadic-E propagation is caused by increased ionisation in the E-layer at 90km to 160km
Listen for Band-1 TV signals between 45-88MHz. Channel 1 in band-1 has an audio signal at 49.750MHz, and a video signal at 45.250MHz
During May to August look for single-hop sporadic-E propagation between 720km and 2400km. Also double-hop sporadic-E propagation between 3100km and 4700km, but possibly with fast and deep QSB though
High pressure over Europe can give Tropospheric propagation between 800km to 1300 km
Enhanced 'tropo' signals travel along the high pressure isobars, at up to 1600km. Caused by temperature inversions where the air nearer the Earth is colder than the air that is above it
At the peak of the sunspot cycle, when solar flux rises to between 150-200, 6m can show F-layer skip
GM3WOJ 6m DX information sheet
CW calling frequency 50.090MHz SSB calling frequency [calling outside Eu] 50.110MHz
WSJT calling frequency 50.230MHz SSB calling frequency [inside Eu] 50.110MHz

Other than a period of activity on 6m when I was staying on the Island of Jersey as GJ6CSY, my main activity from the home QTH started in August 2004.


6m 5-ele Tonna below a 2m Tonna

After the 2006 Sporadic-E [Sp-E] season had started for me in May, I experienced the delights of a very quiet band suddenly opening to contacts up to 2000km away. There was a Sporadic-E opening on 6m almost every day during June 2006 and the first part of July 2006. Unfortunately the 2007 season has started much later and with much lower activity. Although the clusters have been showing activity, it has not always extended up in to the U.K. 2008 season started fairly late!

Summary of DXCC entities worked by G6CSY on 6 m.
Type of propagation: All Mode: SSB
From 01/01/1900 to 19/07/2008

DXCC CALLSIGN DATE
1AØ (Sov. Mil. Order of) 1AØKM 14/07/2007
4X, 4Z (Israel) 4Z4DX 18/06/2006
5B (Cyprus) 5B8AV 11/06/2006
9A (Croatia) 9A5X 26/05/2006
9H (Malta) 9H6A 04/06/2006
CN (Morocco) CN8KD 06/08/2006
CT (Portugal) CT1HZE 07/06/2006
CT3 (Madeira Is.) CT3FQ 01/07/2008
DA-DL (Fed. Rep. of Germany) DK1MAX 03/06/2006
E7 (Bosnia-Herzegovina) T99C 03/06/2006
EA6-EH6 (Balearic Is.) EA6SX 02/06/2006
EA8-EH8 (Canary Is.) EH8BPX 16/07/2006
EA9-EH9 (Ceuta & Melilla) EA9IB 01/07/2006
EA-EH (Spain) EH7AH/P 03/06/2006
EI-EJ (Ireland) EI9E/P 01/07/2006
ES (Estonia) ES4EQ 05/06/2006
F (France) F1EYB 03/06/2006
G, GX (England) G7FWE/P 24/08/2004
GD, GT (Isle of Man) GDØEMG 16/10/2005
GM, GS (Scotland) GM4JYB 13/06/2006
GW, GC (Wales) GW6YB/P 19/06/2005
HA, HG (Hungary) HA8V 26/05/2006
HB (Switzerland) HB9MCZ 11/06/2006
HV (Vatican) HVØA 14/07/2006
I (Italy) IK7UXU 03/06/2006
IS, IM (Sardinia) ISØ/F6DBZ 07/06/2006
K,W,N, AA-AK (USA) NG4C 09/06/2006
KP4 (Puerto Rico) WP4U 05/07/2006
LA-LN (Norway) LB9JE 08/06/2006
LY (Lithuania) LY3W 12/05/2006
LZ (Bulgaria) LZ2ZF 12/06/2006
OE (Austria) OE6BMG 26/05/2006
OF-OI (Finland) OH2LQJ 05/06/2006
OK-OL (Czech Republic) OK2BUC/P 03/06/2006
OM (Slovak Republic) OM3SEM 26/05/2006
ON-OT (Belgium) ON4PS/P 04/06/2006
OZ (Denmark) OZ6OM 03/06/2006
PA-PI (Netherlands) PA6M 17/06/2006
S5 (Slovenia) S54AO 26/05/2006
SA-SM (Sweden) SM7RYO 12/06/2006
SN-SR (Poland) SP6DCO 26/05/2006
SV9 (Crete) SV9CVY 16/06/2006
T7 (San Marino) T77GO 12/06/2006
UR-UZ, EM-EO (Ukraine) UX2KA 03/06/2006
VE, VO, VY (Canada) VO1AU 09/06/2006
YL (Latvia) YL2LW 03/06/2006
YO-YR (Romania) YO7VS 26/05/2006
YT-YU, YZ (Serbia) YU1FW 26/05/2006
YU6,4O3 (Montenegro) YU6AO 26/07/2006
Z3 (Macedonia) Z36W 02/07/2006
Summary of DXCC entities worked by G6CSY on 6 m.
Type of propagation: All Mode: CW
From 01/01/1900 to 19/07/2008

DXCC CALLSIGN DATE
9A (Croatia) 9A4D 22/06/2008
CT (Portugal) CT1HZE 26/06/2008
EA6-EH6 (Balearic Is.) EA6NB 17/07/2008
EA-EH (Spain) EA3IH 26/06/2008
LY (Lithuania) LY2BAW 02/07/2008
LZ (Bulgaria) LZ1QI 22/06/2008
OF-OI (Finland) OH6GUA 02/07/2008
OY (Faroe Is.) OY/DD1LD 14/07/2008
S5 (Slovenia) S59A 22/06/2008
SA-SM (Sweden) SM4EMO 25/06/2008
SN-SR (Poland) SP8NR 26/06/2008
UR-UZ, EM-EO (Ukraine) US5XD 26/06/2008
YT-YU, YZ (Serbia) YT1TA 22/06/2008
Summary of DXCC entities worked by G6CSY on 6 m.
Type of propagation: All Mode: Digital
From 01/01/1900 to 19/07/2008

DXCC CALLSIGN DATE
9A (Croatia) 9A/PA4JJ 02/07/2008
G, GX (England) G4DEZ 15/11/2006
OZ (Denmark) OZ1DJJ 17/11/2006
SN-SR (Poland) SP9HWY 18/11/2006

All JT6M......so far

When the Sporadic-E is in full swing and open to the east, the activity plots at dxers.info can show extraordinary distances being worked. Here is a plot showing several Italian stations benefiting from an opening in to Japan, that the rest of Europe missed out on.

 

 My 50MHz activity

"all with QRP 5 watts"

 

2008 season

 

14th August 2008

The opening started with just the two Estonian stations on the band, often peaking 20db over 9. The Ukraine station appeared and was workable for about 40 minutes on SSB. No Italian or Spanish stations in the opening. SM7CMV was a rock-crushing signal in to the UK!

 

 

Czech Republic OL OM3CND ~ OK2MBP
Estonia ES ES5GP ~ ES5QA
Poland SP SP9DSD
Sweden SM SM7CMV
Ukraine UR UR5EDU

 

24th July 2008

Mainly open to the south east. All of today's Sp-E QSOs suffered from deep QSB. The QSO with CT1FJC was via JT6M. The rest were a mix of SSB and CW.

 

 

Balearic Islands EA6 EA6BB
Bosnia-Herzegovina E7 E77EY
Croatia 9A 9A1CCY ~ 9A2KD
England G M1CXK
France F F2YT
Germany DL DL4KUG ~ DL50SOP
Italy I I0IFO ~ IK5PWI ~ IK2MKL ~ IZ1MKR
Poland SP SP6FUN/P
Portugal CT CT1FJC
Slovenia S5 S57S
Switzerland HB9 HB9DKM/P

 

17th July 2008

Very very sharply defined north/south opening. Just EA and EA6 heard and worked.

 

 

Balearic Islands EA6 EA6FG ~ EA6NB
Spain EA EA5OT ~ EA4FL/P ~ EA5BS ~ EA5AJX ~ EB5CNK/P

 

14th July 2008

Very quiet other than a short skip QSO with the GM station, then out of no where, the two Faroe Island stations were heard, called and worked on CW, for a new DXCC on 6m. My first Sp-E opening to the north east.

 

 

Faroe Islands OY OY/DD1LD ~ OY1CT
Scotland GM GM4WJA

 

5th July 2008

The 6m section of the RSGB VHF NFD. Worked EA9 before the contest, and HA/LZ after the contest, but just 6m tropo during the contest!

 

 

England G G3RCV/P ~ M0RRC/P ~ G0ROC/P ~ M0BPQ/P ~ G5LK/P ~ G5XV/P ~ G4HRC/P ~ M0XXT/P
Netherlands PA PA6M

 

2nd July 2008

Very widespread. Initially only south east and north west short skip to France and Germany. Conditions then improved and the longer skip started. Around midday several previously worked Italians started to appear. The 'pink' contact below was an unexpected JT6M QSO with 9A/PA4JJ. Heard him calling CQ and we completed in 3 overs each side. A decode of the exchange can be found on the WSJT page.

 

 

Croatia 9A 9A/PA4JJ
Finland OH OH3BHL ~ OH6GUA
France F F6IRF ~ F4EGG ~ F2JD
Lithuania LY LY2BAW
Poland SP SP9DSD
Scotland GM GM8IEM
Sweden SM SM3EVR

 

27th & 28th June 2008

Had a run on 50.150MHz to OZ/DP/DL lasting for 10 minutes. Only one station worked on CW. No beacons heard. Very little Italian activity. The CT was the only station worked on the 28th. Band opened on both evenings to the USA, especially to the north, but none heard at this QTH....VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!

 

 

Bosnia-Herzegovina T9 T99W
Croatia 9A 9A6CM
Denmark OZ OZ8FR ~ OZ6FE ~ OZ1HUF ~ OZ3AEV ~ OZ3TT
Germany DL DD3SP ~ DL4BQL ~ DF9SEY ~ DJ6TK
Italy I IZ0FWE
Poland SP SP7DRV ~ SP5GMM ~ SQ7GDS ~ SQ7DQX ~ SP3EPX/4
Portugal CT CT4RC
Sweden SM SM7A

 

26th June 2008

The focus of the Sp.E changed throughout the morning. The session started with the CT station alone on the band. The Ukraine station was suffering deep QSB. The rest were there one minute and gone the next. Had a short SSB run lasting about 10 minutes. Worked SSB and CW.

 

 

Czech Republic OL OM5MZ
Italy I I0SNY ~ IK5FKF/M ~ I5GKS ~ IK5CXK ~ I5WVI ~ IW1AZJ
Poland SP SP8NR
Portugal CT CT1HZE
Spain EA EA3NJ ~ EA3IH
Ukraine UR US5XD

 

25th June 2008

North east opening today. Earlier the DX clusters showed lots of north/south activity over middle Europe. The three more distant contacts appeared out of the noise with deep QSB, then quiet for about 30 minutes, when the three closer stations appeared. No beacons heard though. Worked SSB and CW.

 

 

Estonia ES ES5GP ~ ES1LBK/2
Finland OH OH5GJZ

 

24th June 2008

No beacons heard, just one Italian station calling CQ.

 

Italy I IZ7EUH

 

22nd June 2008

Finally replaced the 5-ele Trident with a new 5-ele Tonna. Commitments meant I could only spend an hour in the RSGB 50MHz Trophy contest, early on the Sunday morning. Started off quietly with only G/GD heard, then a 49 minute opening to the Balkans, with stations on SSB and CW. Usual set up, 5W QRP from an Icom IC-7400. Worked 20 stations in total.

 

 

Bulgaria LZ LZ1QI ~ LZ5QD/P
Croatia 9A 9A4D ~ 9A8A ~ 9A5Y ~ 9A5MT
England G G4DEZ ~ G5B ~ G0AEV ~ G3WIR/P ~ G8N ~ M0WLF ~ G0VHF/P ~ G4HRC/P
Hungary HA HA3UU
Isle of Man GD MD6V
Serbia & Montenegro YU YU1AS ~ YT3N ~ YT1TA
Slovenia S5 S59A

 

2007 season ended !

 

As of 22nd August 2007

The season appears to be well and truly over. After the last good opening on 22nd July, there were one or two minor openings with 2-3 previously worked stations being heard on the band. Not as good as 2006 !!!

22nd July 2007

Back to the more usual type of opening, although again with a marked lack of activity. 1A0KM was very strong, but had a very loud audio frequency whine on the signal. Tried to tell him but he didn't care!

 

 

Italy I I5OYY
Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1A 1A0KM
Spain EA EA1HF
Switzerland HB9 HB9DTX/P

 

21st July 2007

One of the rarer openings, where the Sporadic-E is north-east, giving an opening to Scandinavia. Unfortunately the activity did not do justice to the potential DX available. several new squares worked. The EA station was peaking at S9+10db at times, then dropping to around S3 in some very deep QSB.

 

 

Finland OH OH6MAZ
Spain EA EA5ADH
Sweden SM SM6CLU ~ SA9ACR ~ SM5CZQ

 

15th July 2007

The opening was very 'narrow'. No Italians today! The opening was further north, and longer. Only worked nine station in the limited time available, but managed to work three Ukrainian stations. The QSO with UR5MID in KN98oo has a QRB of 2777km from my grid square. This is in excess of the normally accepted 'upper limit' for single-hop Sporadic-E, which is around 2200km for a Sporadic-E cloud at 105km altitude.

 

 

Czech Republic OL OK2GM
Germany DL DL7VEE
Poland SP SP9CP ~ SP7HKK ~ SQ6KV ~ SO5GB
Ukraine UR UX3HX ~ UR5MID ~ UX2KA/P

 

14th July 2007

After a quiet Sp-E week, what a way to start an opening, 1A0KM "Sovereign Military Order of Malta" for a new DXCC on 6m, and all before the pileups started! A 'usual' opening, with activity mainly from Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. No Spanish or Scandinavian stations heard or worked. Best DX on the day was UZ5DU in KN18md for a distance of 1677.64 km, just beating YO2LGH at 1667.22 km.

 

 

Austria OE OE3BCA
Croatia 9A 9A4A ~ 9A2KL ~ 9A1CRS
England G M1BXF
Hungary HA HA8QB ~ HA8UJ
Italy I IK5/DK3EE ~ IK0VVG ~ IK5JWQ ~ IZ6FZS ~ IK5EKL ~ I4VOS ~ IZ7BAS ~
IA3GM ~ IK5RLP ~ I6NO ~ I0/LZ2OG ~ IZ3GKD ~ IK6NUZ
Romania YO YO2LGH
Sardinia IS0 IS0KEB
Serbia & Montenegro YU YU1UA ~ YT1AR ~ YU1ACR
Slovenia S5 S51CK ~ S57AC ~ S54G ~ S57Q
Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1A 1A0KM
Ukraine UR UZ5DU

 

7th July 2007

The weekend of the RSGB VHF NFD contest, with 6m activity on the Saturday. There was a fantastic opening to the USA and Canada, with VE1YX and K1AC booming in, BUT, the pileups were horrendous and I couldn't get through them! Best DX worked was 9A4VV in JN82IW at 1561km. The opening to the east was very area specific, with only Croatian stations being heard and worked. The short-skip Belgian station was most welcomed, as activity from that country is not that common. The same time there was a tropo opening on 2m to GM, EI, F, ON, PA and DL.

 

 

Belgium ON ON4IQ
Croatia 9A 9A6V ~ 9A5ST ~ 9A6NCM ~ 9A4VV
England G G3GHN/P ~ G4OHM/P ~ G4NPH/P ~ G5XV/P ~ G3SRC/P ~ G0FBB/P ~ G3RCV/P

 

23rd June 2007

Did not hear any stations to the east today. The usual German, Croatian and Hungarian stations were all missing. The Spanish stations were a lot stronger than the few Italians worked on the band, although I logged four Italian beacons at between S3 and S7 with deep QSB. Again high winds prevented the mast being raised to full height.

 

 

Italy I IK0OER ~ IZ6GSB ~ I0IFO
Spain EA EA3BFX ~ EC5CFM ~ EA5/ON4LO ~ AO5TT ~ EA7DUD

 

21st June 2007

Very little activity on the band. There was some band-1 timebase noise but it did not last long. High winds prevented the mast being raised to full height. The clusters showed Italian stations working in to Japan! Neither end was heard here though...

 

 

England G G4KQH
Poland SP SP9MQB
Slovenia S5 S57AC

 

16th June 2007
17th June 2007

The weekend of the 48hr SMIRK contest, and of the 24hr RSGB contest. Once again, the band started the day with a fantastic Sp-E opening which then all but died out just as the RSGB contest started! The cluster showed some EA and I stations working to the USA and the Caribbean, but nothing heard here. Called several Ukrainian stations during the contest but unable to penetrate the pileups. No new DXCC worked but several new squares picked up. Surprised at the lack of activity from Spain and Italy. The day consisted mainly of Sp-E single hop in to EU, with tropo into G/GW. TA and CT3 were heard but not worked.

 

 

Bosnia-Herzegovina T9 T96C
Croatia 9A 9A1V
Czech Republic OL OK1KOK ~ OK2UHP ~ OK2FRP
England G G0VJG ~ G4DEZ ~ G4DBL ~ G3MEH ~ 2E0CVN ~ G4WGE/P ~ G8T ~ G4HRC/P ~ G4ZAP/P ~ G0AEV ~ M0DDT ~ G0VHF/P ~ M5FUN/P ~ G4NXO/P ~ G7RIH ~ M5BFL
Germany DL DL7DF ~ DG1NOE ~ DK3WG ~ DG0UHF ~ DM2BZD ~ DL1VJL ~ DG2VE
Hungary HA HA6NF ~ HA3UU ~ HA6ZB
Isle of Man GD MD6V
Italy I IZ4GWE ~ IZ5EKV ~ I0FHZ ~ IZ5EME
Latvia YL YL2LW
Lithuania LY LY3A
Morocco CN8 CN8KD
Netherlands PA PA6M
Poland SP SP7FSF ~ SP7AID ~ SQ9CWO ~ SP7EBM ~ SP8PAI
Portugal CT CT1DHM
Serbia & Montenegro YU YU1JB
Slovak Republic OM OM3BC ~ OM3ZAS ~ OM9ACA
Spain EA EA5DIT ~ EA5AX
Ukraine UR US0YW ~ UR7D
Wales GW GW6YB/P ~ GW4BVY/P

 

14th June 2007

Lots of cross Europe activity, but from the UK, only Italian stations were being worked, and on a very narrow beam heading. The cluster showed DL, ON, LZ and HA stations active, but not being worked from here.

 

 

Italy I IK4WTU ~ IK7FPV ~ IK6DIO ~ IK4GMH

 

13th June 2007

Very much a north/south Sp-E opening. The CT0SIX beacon was S2 with QSB but readable. No new DXCC but several new squares.

 

 

Ceuta and Melilla EA9 EA9IB
Morocco CN8 CN8KD
Portugal CT CT1ANO ~ CT1ESJ ~ CT1FMX
Spain EA EH1DIH

 

9th June 2007

An unusual Sp-E session! No Italians or Spanish stations worked, but the long distance Ukraine station was booming in. Some deep QSB at times. No new DXCC but several new grids worked. The LA1UW QSO was against 'the flow' of the Sp-E being worked.

 

 

England G M3RCV
Hungary HA HA6NL
Norway LA LA1UW
Serbia & Montenegro YU YU7KO
Ukraine UR US0YW/P

 

2nd June 2007
3rd June 2007

The weekend of the UKSMG Summer Contest. Missed most of the contest, but managed to work 25 stations, but no new DXCC. The EA6 and EA7 contacts both suffered from deep QSB. The backscatter QSO's in to G were very weak off the back of the beam, but several new squares worked. The European DX was worked mainly on the Sunday. I0JX was peaking 15db over S9 at times!

 

 

Balearic Islands EA6 EA6VQ
Bulgaria LZ LZ2HM
Croatia 9A 9A6LNH ~ 9A3GI ~ 9A2PT
England G G5WQ/P ~ M5BFL ~ G0AEV ~ G5KW ~ G8PL ~ G7FBD ~ G1YQH ~ G1ZJP ~ G7RIS/P ~ G0IFC/P
Italy I IF9/I2ADN ~ IW6ATQ ~ IK5ZUL ~ IW7EBE ~ I0JX ~ I7OXH ~ IK6FBB
Serbia & Montenegro YU YZ1AU
Slovak Republic OM S59A
Spain EA EA7/G8LZG

 

27th May 2007

First Sporadic-E heard here for 2007. Band fairly quiet but did managed to work EG7SIX in IM67 for a new callsign in the log.

 

2006 season ended !

 

6th August 2006

Lots of east/west Sp-E, with a number of very loud HA stations on the band [had worked all of them previously!]. Saw CN8KD spotted on the cluster. Went to his frequency but heard nothing. Nine minutes later he appeared out of the noise at 5/7 calling CQ. A quick call and a new DXCC of Morocco was in the log for 6M. This was the last Sp-E opening of 2006 that I worked. Did not hear any 'winter' openings.
Hungary HA HA1XR
Morocco CN8 CN8KD
Slovak Republic OM OM3XI

 

1st August 2006

A strange afternoon! Short-skip from JO01/IO91 going up to Scotland but with some deep QSB. The cluster showed GW/GI working in to LX and HB9, but neither end point heard here. The GB3LER beacon was going from S2 to over S9 every 20-30 seconds. All three QSO's were with new squares.
Norway LA LA4CQ
Scotland GM GM6VXB ~ GM4FAM

 

26th July 2006

After over a week of 6m being very quiet with little or no Sporadic-E, it burst in to life this morning. Primarily shortish skip to the south-east, with some longer distance contacts to the higher power stations, also in the south-east. Until around 10:00GMT the Band-1 timebase noise was horrendous, all but wiping out the weaker stations. Once the noise dropped, the DX came back in. Heard C31JM calling CQ but he was being squashed by a French station calling CQ 600Hz up, and an Italian station calling CQ 1.2kHz down. Worked YU6AO in Macedonia for a new DXCC.
Austria OE OE3BCA
Czech Republic OL OK1FM
Croatia 9A 9A6PJZ
France F F6BLQ ~ F/PE1CZG ~ F1VS ~ F8CIL ~ F2JD
Italy I I1BSN ~ I5/PA1Q ~ IZ3FJZ
Montenegro YU6 YU6AO
Portugal CT CT1FUH
Switzerland HB9 HB9LCW

 

17th July 2006

A very good morning to 6m activity. Today's opening was a combination of east to west sporadic-E [to Poland etc circa 1400km], with east to west short-skip [to EI etc circa 900km]. No activity to the south east or south [only one Italian and one Spanish station worked]. Sat on a frequency and called CQ for a change. The QRP CQ'ing gave a string of nine contacts in only thirteen minutes. EJ3GJB/P gave a new IOTA [EU-007 ~ Blasket Islands] on 6m.
Austria OE OE1DWC
Balearic Islands EA6 EA6/M0DLL
Czech Republic OL OK1AJY ~ OK2TAS ~ OK1VDJ
Eire EI EJ3GJB/P ~ EI5FK
England G G8AXA
Finland OH OH1AF
Germany DL DL4CV ~ DJ5DN ~ DL3MR
Hungary HA HA5BSW
Italy I IW9GVZ
Poland SP SP9HFW ~ SP8AWL/4 ~ SP8LXE ~ SQ9HZM ~ SP7MTF ~ SP6QKT ~ SP7HKK ~ SP7ATY
Slovak Republic OM OM5KM ~ OM50KKF
Sweden SM SM4DHF

 

16th July 2006

CQ WW VHF contest taking place. Inter-Europe Sp-E opening under way, along with North Africa and Azores/Madeira Island activity, but not spreading northwards to the UK! The clusters reported widespread activity but hard going from England/JO01. Worked EH8BPX on the Canary Islands for a new DXCC.
Canary Islands EA8 EH8BPX
England G G0BRC ~ M3RCV ~ G4DEZ
Portugal CT CT1DHM
Spain EA EB1EHT

 

15th July 2006

Heard no W/VE beacons, but without warning KB4XK from North Carolina popped up out of the noise and was worked with a 5/2 report. The CQ WW VHF contest taking place but the band very quiet in Europe.
Portugal CT CT1DHM
Romania YO YO5BED
Spain EA EB1EHT
USA K KB4XK

 

14th July 2006

Although fairly quiet, the opening was directed towards Italy. The new DXCC contact with Vatican City HV0A was unexpected. I heard HV0A calling CQ with no replies, called him and got an immediate reply with 5/9 reports both ways.
Italy I IK7FPV
Vatican City HV HV0A

 

13th July 2006

A small inter-Europe opening during the morning. As well as those stations listed below that I worked, I also heard several Croatian and Italian stations that I have worked previously. For the past few late afternoon/early evenings, 6m had opened to the east coast of the USA, and especially to the Caribbean, but not today!
Austria OE OE6WIG ~ OE3BCA
Croatia 9A 9A5ID
Hungary HA HA8QB ~ HA6NN ~ HA8BS ~ HA3HV
Italy I IK5DHL
Spain EA EB1EHT

 

11th July 2006

Another very quiet morning with little or no activity heard or being worked. Only managed one QSO.
Balearic Islands EA6 EH6CC

 

9th July 2006

Italian beacons were up slightly, as was CT0SIX, but with little or no activity being heard or worked. Some loud band-1 timebase noise apparent at times.
Italy I IT9KSS
Spain EA EB1DNK

 

7th July 2006

Another widespread Sp-E opening that covered most of Europe. Came across the Canadian station, VO1HE, on the back of my beam, while tuning across the band looking for eastern European stations. Very pleased to work some short-skip French stations.
Austria OE OE9MON/9/M
Balearic Islands EA6 EB6AOK
Canada VE VO1HE
England G M0GWS
France F F6FTC ~ F1VJQ
Germany DL DJ7JM ~ DL1NUX
Hungary HA xx
Italy I IZ1GCV
Slovak Republic OM OM1AX ~ OM7CF ~ OM7CB
Slovenia S5 S56P
Spain EA EA3AR ~ EA1BBE

 

6th July 2006

A widespread opening that covered most of Europe. The QSO with the Norwegian mobile station was unexpected, as he called me while I was CQ'ing with QRP down to Spain. Very few Italian stations heard or worked.
Balearic Islands EA6 EH6DD
Croatia 9A 9A1CTL
Czech Republic OL OK1VFA ~ OK2MBP ~ OK1AGE
Denmark OZ OZ1KVM ~ OZ6PI
Estonia ES ES6DO
Hungary HA HA6NN
Italy I I5XDL
Norway LA LA4FUN/M
Poland SP HF40BRP ~ SP7AWG ~ SP9DSD
Slovak Republic OM OM7OA
Spain